Chapter XVII: Dalrymple's Double
[Frank and Joe] went
directly to the Lakeside police station but it was some time before they could
convince the Chief that there was danger that Mr. Dalrymple might have been a
victim of foul play. At length, somewhat dubiously—and with-out a lap dance
from Joe—the Chief agreed to search the Dalrymple home.
Darkness
was already falling when the police entered the house. The place was searched
from cellar to garret.
Everything
was in order.
There was
no trace of the banker.
‘‘If you
boys are makin’ a fool out of me—,’’ said the Chief threateningly.
‘‘Oh, sir,
I assure you,’’ Joe replied, ‘‘we have vastly more reliable ways of making
fools of police, if that were our intention.’’
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